Designed for culinary purposes / (informal) In progress, happening. / (of an alcoholic drink) Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.

present participle of cook

Partially or completely cooked in advance.

(uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. chilly. / (countable) The result or product of being cool, i.e. chilly. / (uncountable) The state of being cool, i.e. calm.

(idiomatic) To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee. / (of a bird) To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.

A kitchen appliance consisting of a clay pot and its housing with self-contained electrical heating, characterized by a loose-fitting lid, relatively low temperatures, and long cooking times, and used especially in the preparation of stews.

present participle of cool

A decrease in temperature. / Refrigeration.

That cools. / (Asian English). Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.

(transitive) To prepare (food or chemical substances) by cooking or heating. / (transitive, figuratively) To manufacture; to invent (something, often a deceit or falsehood).